A Comparative Analysis of Chinese Film Title Translation Guided by “Three-Dimensional Unity” and Mainstream Translation Strategies

Abstract

Serving as an exceedingly popular way in the course of cultural communication in today’s era, films make great contributions to the spread of culture, and the translation of film titles is a lot essential for the exchange among different cultures. A wonderful film title translation can not only attract the audience’s attention, but also promote the spread of the country’s culture. Considering there are still many problems in the translation of film titles, such as mistranslation, over translation and inappropriate translation and most of the translators are guided by single theory such as Skopos theory, functional equivalence theory and the like, the author of this paper attempts to take the “three-dimensional transformation” translation method of eco-translatology proposed by Professor Hu Gengshen for reference, and make a comparison of the film title translation under the guidance between “three dimensional unity” and the current mainstream translation theories, trying to explore a multi-dimensional film title translation strategy. And finally, in this paper, it is found that in the process of translation, the translators should take into account all three dimensions of language, culture, and communication, so that the translated film titles can be accurate and proper as well as maximize the commercial value and cultural value.